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Life 's Secret - Phakir Chand - The Indigent Brahman The Story of the Rakshasas - The Story Swet - Basanta - The Evil Eye of Sani - The Boy whom Seven Mothers Suckled - The Story of Prince Sobur - The Origin of Opium - Strike but Hear - The Adventures of Two Thieves and of their Sons - The Ghost - Brahman - The Man who Wished to be Perfect - A Ghostly Wife - The Story of a Brahmadaitya - The Story a Hiraman - The Origin of Rubies - The Match-Making Jackal - The Boy with the Moon on his Forhead The Ghost who was Afraid of being Bagged - The Field of Bones - The Bold Wife. p This collection of Bengali folk-tales is written in a simple fashion, and is meant to be read by, and to children. There are 32 coloured illustration that accompany the folk-tales given. There are 22 tales given, some of which are Phakir Chand, the origin of opium, the ghost Brahmin, the story of Brahmadaitya, the story of Hiraman, the match-making jackal, the boy with the moon on his forehead, etc. This work is a reprint of the 1883 ed